Rightous is the new sexy

Have we expressed our deepest appreciation for the total package of RFK Jr.?
He's smart, he's hot, he's ethical and he's courageous...
Sigh
It has been so long that we could say that about a democrat...mayhaps we should have a party:)
Here's the latest...SUING those responsible for stealing the election in '04???
It's about goddamn time.

More Bizarre Rippling of the Rove Story

Read this disturbing piece in the Washinton Post.
TO DO: Must remove name from Truthout.org's mailing list.

Bush says sorry for capping on blind reporters shades

George Bush today apologized for teasing a blind reporter for not taking off his sunglasses.

Isn't this the same man who waved to Stevie Wonder and got all pissed off when Stevie didn't wave back?

U.S. military deaths in Iraq reach 2,500

A Sad Day in American History

Truthout Steps Down on Rove but whine's that their innacurate reporting "wasn't their fault"

And so the Rove watch endeth in great dismay for those of us who wished to see the perp walk. We were out of town but allegedly there was a fax, a phone call or an email to Rove's Lawyer, Robert Luskin saying that Rove would not be indicted.

Okay so that's a shame and that's politics. So we move on.

But the other little matter ... the pesky problem of Truthout.org reporting AS FACT that Rove was indicted and then defending that report despite the lack of an actual indictment being handed down. Now -well, yesterday actually - Truthout grudgingly stood down on the issue but continues to back their reporter, Jason Leopold.

That's just crap. It makes the left look bad and it furthers the idea that the liberal blogosphere is more interested in fantasty than it is in reality. Truthout needs to realize that the basic rules of journalism don't change just because the medium is different.

This here Queenie's Daughter - this is a blog. It is one royal opinion. This blog is not meant to be taken as journalism ... it is a speakers corner for Queenie's Daughter. And that's fine. That's what most blogs are.

But when you try to make a blog a NEW SOURCE you have to play by different rules. You have to have accountability and need to employ people with a certain degree of ethical behavior.

For the very last time, then, Queenie's Daughter will call for the firing of Jason Leopold.

The problem is not that he got a big story WRONG.
The issue is that he got a major story wrong while promoting his book (about what a con and a liar he used to be!!!)

And before whomever tells us we should "die" because we are "throwing the team under the bus" let us just clarify: Jason Leopold tanked up and drove the bus - all we are doing is writing the incident report.

Don't you hate those cheerleaders from both the right and left who are so filled with rhetoric they are blind to common sense and reality?

It's the hook and line liberals are going to sink the democratic party.

That's why he's The Boss

"Obviously, get rid of the president," he says. "When you see the devastation (in New Orleans) and realize the kind of support the city will need to get back on its feet, there's no way to make sense of someone pushing for more tax cuts for the 1% of the 1% of the population. It's insanity and a subversion of everything America is supposed to be about. You can't travel around the city and not wonder what in the world is going on." Bruce Springsteen

Reactions to the death of al-Zarqawi

Obituary: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Aljazeera.net
London Reacts - guardian.co.uk
The Market Reacts - finance.yahoo.com
Bush's Official Remarks - whitehouse.gov

Another bad day for Katherine Harris

Surprise, surprise: More staff upheaval in the office of Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.). The latest casualty is Fred Asbell, the chief of staff to the increasingly eccentric Senate candidate.

The reason we are following this so closely is that it is quite possibly true that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. And if Katherine Harris decides that she is furious and scorned by "the beltway boys" then she might start singing some songs about the wrongs in the election she helped rig.

Wouldn't that be sweet:)

Alot can happen in seven days

So the last post was end of May and here we are the day after the day of the devil and while we have not seen the rapture alot has happened.

Most notably we have lost a fine fellow Billy Preston aka "the Black Beatle" whom QD discovered when she was into her vinyl collection. What would you be if you could be whatever you wanted?" - indeed! What a great man ... what a loss...

Next: Our dearest best beloved frienD has started upon his Middle Passage and so we sent some flowers to him and his lover ... a better bunch a fellows I have yet to meet. Congrats!!!!

In the news: well you read the news and while usually we are happy to break it down for you - the news has been fluffly bleak.

Katherine Harris is about to implode and that is of course fun to watch.

Not so fun to watch is Ann Coulter spew her hate all over the widows and families of people who were killed in 9/11. The response from those strong women is dignified and relevant as opposed to the golden haired fish wife of the right.

No more news on Rove and now we're sort of concerned about truthout.org. Not that it is keeping us up at night ... but at what point do you admit your error and move on (after, hopefully ... firing your writer). The scary thing about the story was the fact that Jason Leopold was plugging his book so it seems like a really bad bad bad publicity stunt ... for that ... and not the error ... we belive he should be relived of his duties.

Did you know that Harvard University has a 25 BILLION dollar capital fund? Makes it seem more like a business than an institution of higher learning if you ask us ... what a travesty when we collectively give one school that much (money) power.

We read Jamaica Kincaid's "Talk Stories" and a) we liked them muchly b) recommend against reading all in one sitting and c) miss the magazine that was once the New Yorker.

Finally: we are currently researching the history of Harlem NY, Francis Marion (the swamp fox), Joe McCarthy (the buckaneer bastard) and Thomas Stevens (who rode his bike around the world in the 1800's).

So that is the past week in review...we have been in the country without an internet connection (unbelievebale as it seems!) but we are back ...

Peace Out